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Album
Californication
- Peak position
- #3
- Weeks on chart
- 101
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1982, consisting of Flea (bass), Anthony Kiedis (vocals), Chad Smith (drums),…
Why this album mattered
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1982, consisting of Flea (bass), Anthony Kiedis (vocals), Chad Smith (drums), and John Frusciante (guitar). With over 120 million records sold worldwide, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the top-selling bands of all time. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed in Los Angeles by Kiedis, Flea, the guitarist Hillel Slovak, and the drummer Jack Irons. It reached #3 and charted for 101 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Scar Tissue", "Otherside".
The music
1 Around the World
- 2
Parallel Universe
3 Scar Tissue
4 Otherside
- 5
Get on Top
6 Californication
- 7
Easily
- 8
Porcelain
- 9
Emit Remmus
- 10
I Like Dirt
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Jun 26, 1999#3
- Jul 3#7
- Jul 10#12
- Jul 17#12
- Jul 24#9
- Jul 31#8
- Aug 7#8
- Aug 14#10
- Aug 21#11
- Aug 28#11
- Sep 4#12
- Sep 11#17
- Sep 18#17
- Sep 25#17
- Oct 2#23
- Oct 9#33
- Oct 16#37
- Oct 23#28
- Oct 30#29
- Nov 6#31
- Nov 13#34
- Nov 20#40
- Nov 27#56
- Dec 4#65
- Dec 11#69
- Dec 18#68
- Dec 25#63
- 2000
- Jan 1, 2000#54
- Jan 8#51
- Jan 15#47
- Jan 22#46
- Jan 29#52
- Feb 5#46
- Feb 12#45
- Feb 19#43
- Feb 26#39
- Mar 4#31
- Mar 11#23
- Mar 18#28
- Mar 25#28
- Apr 1#24
- Apr 8#27
- Apr 15#29
- Apr 22#25
- Apr 29#22
- May 6#24
- May 13#26
- May 20#24
- May 27#27
- Jun 3#30
- Jun 10#33
- Jun 17#36
- Jun 24#35
- Jul 1#35
- Jul 8#34
- Jul 15#29
- Jul 22#28
- Jul 29#23
- Aug 5#21
- Aug 12#17
- Aug 19#18
- Aug 26#14
- Sep 2#13
- Sep 9#13
- Sep 16#18
- Sep 23#14
- Sep 30#19
- Oct 7#24
- Oct 14#39
- Oct 21#44
- Oct 28#50
- Nov 4#53
- Nov 11#57
- Nov 18#65
- Nov 25#64
- Dec 2#79
- Dec 9#80
- Dec 16#74
- Dec 23#75
- Dec 30#76
- 2001
- Jan 6, 2001#72
- Jan 13#71
- Jan 20#70
- Jan 27#84
- Feb 3#91
- Feb 10#100
- Feb 17#117
- Feb 24#122
- Mar 3#120
- Mar 10#118
- Mar 17#124
- Mar 24#135
- Mar 31#142
- Apr 7#149
- Apr 14#157
- Apr 21#167
- Apr 28#165
- May 5#170
- May 12#176
- May 19#179
- May 26#187
An instant smash — it arrived near the top of the chart and never looked like a slow build. Entered at #3 at its peak, then spent 6 weeks inside the Top 10 and slid down the chart across 101 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
- Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
- Hot 100 peak
- #9
- Weeks on chart
- 29
Highest peak · Longest-running single · First charting singleOpen song journey → - OthersideRed Hot Chili Peppers
- Hot 100 peak
- #14
- Weeks on chart
- 22
Open song journey → - CalifornicationRed Hot Chili Peppers
- Hot 100 peak
- #69
- Weeks on chart
- 19
Final charting singleOpen song journey →
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Album facts
- LabelAugust 16
- Genresrock · punk rock · funk · Rock
- AwardsGrammy Awards, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, and in 2022
- Singles"Scar Tissue" · "Otherside"
- Release dateAugust 16, 1985
- ArtistRed Hot Chili Peppers
- Year1999